The emergence of the digital economy has brought about substantial changes within the business environment. There are potential digital transformations across all business functions, from supply chains, information systems to even marketing. With this, a transformative culture is manifested and Human Resources can use ‘digital transformation’ as aculture-building tool.From a company culture perspective, here are a few ways Human Resources can transform a business in the digital age:

Exploring "Hot-Desking" in the Workplace

Employees, especially tech-savvy millennials, prefer a flexible approach towards corporate structures. A popular choice in many organisations, the hot-desking system involves multiple workers sharing a single physical work station during different time periods, as opposed to each staff member having their own personal desks or rooms.

The hot-desking approach gives employees the freedom to work freely meaning they can sit with colleagues from different departments and collaborate more effectively on tasks.

As a result, productivity levels increase as the flexibility knocks down the barriers of conventional organisational structures. People can have instant conversations and resolve problems or make decisions immediately, in person, forgreater cross-departmental synergies. With human resources encouraging the practice of hot-desking, it can lead to a new population ofresult-driven team players.

Increased Engagement With Gamification

The workplace has changed and so hasworkplace learning, as reflected in the transition from formal to more informal training approaches. Gamification is an example of integrating training, making online learning resemble an online game. Several studies show that this method is more effective than normal classroom training because employees will be much more likely to stay engaged during training。

The use of beacon, a small location-based device that connects with receivers via Bluetooth delivery is the becoming more popular in mobile learning. Beacons enables the wirelessly locating people/objects within a specific range, and then triggering an action. Using this technology, employees can easily access resources during specific situations, giving them the right support at the right spot and right time. In this way, employees and employers can keep track of performance. Used either for on-the-job training or to simply expand one’s general knowledge, human resources can employ this method toimprove employee retention and engagement.

Our ESG Online Learning Resources are a great tool for employees and sustainability leaders to keep up to date with their knowledge inEnvironment, Social and Governanceroles within organisations.

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Jumping on the "Online to Offline (O2O) Coaching" Bandwagon Engagement With Gamification

O2O (online to offline) coachingis another way to make use of mobile technology to create a partnership between coaches and team members. Performance can be taken to a new level via face-to-face and online conversations, which results in greater learning motivation and real-time applications. The whole training process also emphasises a high level of interaction among participants.

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In Conclusion

According to MIT Sloan Management Review on "The convergence of Digitalization and Sustainability", Digitalization and sustainability are two of the most powerful market influences in today's corporate landscape. The digital-sustainability convergences in business and society offers executives both opportunities and challenges. Catching trends of digital transformation are one of the ways you can ensure your company's sustainability. Digitalisation in fact is a form of sustainability, and the two should be integrated as components of an organisations' overall strategic direction. Companies that fail to address trending digital transformations  will ultimately lose their competitive advantages.

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